Thermostat.



PATENTED JULY 21,1908 W. F. GO SSIGK & A. R. VAN VALKENBURGH.

THBRMOSTAT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1907.

UNiTED STATES ca rn oririeii.

\\ ILLIAM 1*. GUSSICK AND ARTHUR R. VAN \"ALIilCXBPRUlL:O1 Ulllt'X-iflt), lliLlNOlS.

THERMOSTAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1808.

Application filed July 18, 1907. Serial No. 384,360.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat we, WILLIAM F. GOSSICK and Airmen It. VAN \YALKENBURGH, citi- .zens of the [Tnited States, residing at (hieago, 1n the county of (ook and State of is a view similar to Fig. :3

Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Iin irovements in 'lhermostats, of which the following is a specification.

()ur invention pertains to improvements in electrical thermostats which permit of their use in conjunction with an annunciating or alarm system which will indicate or sound an alarm ll the removable element or i plug of the thermostat is displaced from its normal operative position in its socket.

Ourimproved device is intended primarily, though not exclusively, for use with shaft bearfiigs to announce or indicate an undue heating of the bearing such as is usually called a hot box. Systems and therniostats'have heretofore been used which would i ringa'bell or operate some other kind of an alarm when any one of anumber of bearings b'ecame heated, and it is possible in such systems to test the wires to determine whether 0' not they are in operative and working c-o (llll-IOII. It is impossible, however, with such systems and thermostats or heat-operated devices to test so as to de- 'termlne whether or not the thermostats are ln;-theirrproper places on the bearings.

overcome this diflicnlty we have provided our new and improved form of device, and

with this style of thermostat and system as 35 "soon as any one of the ilu'gs of the thermostats is mnscrewed from its socket an alarm is soundaadand the test circuit is rendered inoperative. Consequently, with our ther mostats the eiliciency and reliability of the protective system is rendered doubly valu able, since by their use one is reliably 1nl'ormed by testing not only that the wires I of the system are unbroken, but also that the thermostats arein proper relation with their bearings so as to be released or operated by the"heat developed therein under abnormal conditions.

Our new form of thermostat we have illustrated in detail on the accompanyingdrawl g' orming a partof thisspmiilication.

On said-drawing Figure I IS an elevation of a bearing and its'shal't' equipped with one of our' thermostats; Fig. 2 is a, central vertical section through the thermostat illustratlng the plug screwed home and m oper ping the headland screw from the slu-ll. as IS ative relation with the hearing so that the I clearly indicated on the drawing. itlnn 1 rice or thermostat partly removed from its coi'lperating socket; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal cross-section on line 5, 5 of Fig. 4.

()ur improved and novel thermostatcomprises an electrical conducting socket adapted to be l'astened to a shaft hearing or box 11 by means of a screw 12 passing through a hole or aperture through the lower part of the socket. "At its center the socket 10 has a scrmv-iln'eaded recess 12;, and in its upper portion a soniewhat larger cvlindrical recess 14 screw-threadedat l l'ili its top mouth. A conductor 16 is electrically connected to socket 10 in any approved manner, andwithin thesoclmt. and insulated therefrom is a metallicurine- 17 having a circular inwarally-extended flange. perforated or apertur-ed at It) for the aeconimodation of a conducting pin 20 and its insulating sleeve or bushing .21. As will be noticed from an inspection of Fig. 3, pin in projects outwardly beyond the top face of flange 18 a slight amount for a purpose hereinafter indicated. min the mouth of socket 1i) and in engagement with the threads 15 is screwed a bushing 22 which is in electrical contact with the socket 10 but insulated from ring l7. A

conducting; wire '23 is connected to the pin 20, and to the ring 17 we connect a similar wire 24; An examination of the drawing will show that the internal diameters of bushing 23mm ring 17 are substantially equal and that these two members are in close proximity, being se arated by only a thin strip or washer of. insu sting material.

The removable portion of the thermostat comprises a knurled or milled head or handle 25 reduced in diameter at its lower end and provided at that end with a coui cal recess or pocket 26 which receives thereinthe upper correspondingly-shapedportion of a hollow externally screw-threiuled shell or casing '37. the threads of which are adapted to eoaict with the threads 13 of socket 10. Shell 27 is fastened to the head .25 by means of a screw 3h having: a conical head 2%) within the interior of shell '27, suitable insulation separat device will be released it the circular undercut recess 30, at the lower end of the shell 28, is placed a thin metallic diaphragm or disk 31 to which is soldered at 35 the lower end of a contact 32 having an enlarged top head 33 and pressed upwardly by an encircling spring 34. To those skilled inthis art it-will be apparent that the solder 35 maintains the contact 32 in the upright position indicated in Figs.'2 and 4 and out of contact with the conical head 29 of screw 28, VVhen the plug with this internal heatresponsive device is fully screwed into socket 10 the solder 35 is sufficiently near-to the.

bearing 11 to be influenced by the heat thereof, so that an undue heating of the bear head 25 of i'educed diameter so as to be ca-v pable of a limited reciprocation thereon, we provide conducting ring 36 which in the normal position of the plug, as shown in Fig.

2, bridges the contacts 17 and 20, closing the circuit including theseparts. The external diameter of contact ring 36 is substantially equal to the internal diameter of ring 17 and bushing 22:, and in the normal position of the parts this rin is out of contact with bushing 22 by a smal amount. As soon as an attemptis made to remove the plug by unscrewing the same from the socket the outer edge of ring 36 will bridge the contacts 17 and 22, thereby closing the electrical connection between wires 16 and 24 which form part of an alarm circuit including a bell and battery. As soon as ring 36 bridges contact 17, 22 the bell is sounded giving instant warning that the thermostat has been tampered with. As an additional safe-guard, -.the internal diameter of flange 18 of ring 17 is made substantially equal to the external diameter of the screw-threads'on shell or casing 27 so that these threads when the lug ispartially unscrewed bridge the space etween ring 17 and socket 10, closing the circuit between wires 16 a'nd24.\ Either the ring 36 or the threads of the casing 27 aresure to close the circuit indicated, sothat an alarm is sounded upon but a slight unscrewing of the removable plug.

The test circuit of the system includes the wires 23 and 24, ring 17, and pin 20 so that .as soon as the-plug is unscrewed sufficiently,

to raise the ring 36 out of contact with either the pin 20 or ring 17 the test circuit is broken, and a test sent over this circuit will indicate totheoperator that'the heat-responsive part of the thermostat has been moved from its normal position or that the plug has been wholly or partially removed from the socket 10. Two operations, therefore, are persaid cludes socket 10, shell 27, the head 33 of contact 32, screw head 29, screw 28, knob or handle .25, ring 36, and pin 20. The electrical connection between wire 16 and wire 24 includes the parts 10, 27, 33, 29,28, 25, 36, and 17.

It will be noticed that our improved thermostat includes a spring-actuated heat-res leased electrical contact, and that in addition it includes the contacts 17 and 20 normally bridged by ring 36 and the contact 22 whic is put in electr cal connection with rin 17 as soon as the liig is partially unscrewedlay the ring 36. S ell 27 also acts as a bridging contact between socket 10 and ring 17 during the removal of the plug.

Although we have indicated to some extent a system in which our improved type of thermostat may be used, since thermostats may be used in a variety of systems we have not deemed it necessary to illustrate the electrical conductors, alarms, etc., but have confined our illustrations and claims to the thermostat itself.

Minor mechanical changes may be made in the structure shown and described without sacrificing the advantages of the articular structure disclosed, as will be 0 vious to those skilled in the art.

We claim:

1. A thermostat consisting of two parts, one of which is adapted to be applied to the device to be protected and the other of which o ,erative position in the other part of the t e'rmostat, substantially as described.

1 In a two-part thermostat, the combination of one part adapted to be applied to the device to be protected, a second part capable of. being a plied to and readily removable from said rst part, a heat-operated circuit closer onsaid second part, a contact on said first part, and a second contact on SZLldpI'G- mov his part, said contacts being out of contact khen said removable part is applied to rat part with said heat-operated circuit-closer inoperative relation with the deof beings plied to and readily removable from said rst part, a heat-operated. circuitclos'er on said second art, a pair of contacts f on said first part, an a coopi-n'ating contact onisa1d removable part which oonductively i bridges said contacts of the other part when said removable portion of the thermostat is epplied 'toits companion part and which senses to conductively' bridge snidrontacts upon attemptedreniovzil of the second port 0 the thermostat, substantially as doscribed. V

4. In a two-part ther1nost2rt,-th(- cpmbinntion of one part adapted to be. applied to the .devioe t'obe protected, a second. pin-t capable of being a )plied to and readily removable from SfLld irst part, a heat-operated circuit- 1 closer mounted on and carried by said scc- I 0nd part, and means mountcd on said second part to close an electric circuit upon nttcinpt- 1 ed removal of said. second part from said iii-st part, substiuitinlly es describcd.

5. In it two-part thermostat, the combinat- 3 tion of ono part adapted to be zipplicd to tho dcvicc to be protected, :1, second part cnpnblc i of bcing applied to and rcndily removable from said Just part, a heat-o crnlcd circuitcloscr mounted on and carried 5 part, and means mounted on said second part removal of said sccond part from said lirst pzu't, substzuitially as dcscribcd.

I ilJlAlAll l. GOSSIUK.

Ml'lllhll li. VAN YALK'EXBURGH.

Witnesses:

PA'rnioir J. MolwnAun,

l i l Tiios. P. GREEN.

by said sccond to opcn an clcctric circuit upon ntlvcinptcd 

